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Ultra-thin 12'' MacBook Pro?
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The movie industry would love for this to happen and will do anything to make it happen, but not because they are newer or better technologies. The absolute #1 reason they want customers to move to HD DVD and BluRay because of the copy protection that they provide, since today's DVDs essentially provide none. The fact that they also contain HD content + other features is a bonus to them because it enables them to resell the same movies they already sold on DVDs to the same customers again in the new format.
Why LightScribe? Yes, great concept, doesn't work. Have you seen the discs? The print disappears after few weeks, and you can only print B&W. Anybody with respect for themselves will use thier printer, and a proper label.
Totally different scenario. At the time that floppies were "phased out", floppies were used for 2 things:
1) storing documents
2) packaged software (but by then what LITTLE software was available on floppies spanned, like 10 floppies at least)
So basically floppies were almost exclusively for storing documents since at least the mid-90s.
Optical media, on the other hand, is used for the following:
1) Retail music sales (still abot 90% of music sales, and will probably still be at 50% five years from now)
2) Retail movie sales/rentals (probably 99% of movie sales/rentals, and will probably still be at least 50% five years from now)
3) Retail software sales (not sure what percentage of purchased sofware is downloaded vs. shrink-wrapped, but I would expect a large percentage of software sold will still be of the boxed shrink-wrapped variety even 5 years from now)
4) Document storage/backup
Of those 3, only for everyday document storage/backup might optical drives be replaced by flash-based media. For retail sales of music, movies, and software, I just don't see physical media being phased out as soon as you think.
A professional ultraportable is exactly what Apple needs. This will be my first Mac laptop 
Fingers crossed.
Fingers crossed.
Not to mention that burning a simple 1-line title takes about 2 minutes. And burning a full-disk image would probably take at least a 1/2 hour. It's definitely a technology not ready for prime time.
Seeing as the video chip for the new(er) iPod Video's have just met delays (Q2/3 instead of Q1 '07) I doubt we'd see that at WWDC - and, like the iPhone, hasn't nearly every recent major iPod release been subject of a Special Event?
I'm sticking to my guns on this one - the iPhone and Full Screen iPod will be released at a special event. iTV could be a go-er though... and if I'm right about the iPOd and iPhone, then we may well see one more piece of hardware released...
Apple will kill all this. It's moving to digital distribution over networks. Something that affords similar levels of DRM if necessary.
Physical media is on the way out. That goes for CDs, DVDs, Vinyl and, when someone invents a decent electronic book device, books too.
The younger generation aren't as hung up about having physical copies of media like us old fogeys are. I mean look at the ludicrously huge sales of ring tones for mobile phones.
Go right ahead, since just 1 year ago Jobs made it clear that all Apple computers MUST have "Mac" in the name
(hence the dropping of the "PowerBook" and "PowerMac" brands)
Thank you! I'll be appearing this Wednesday at the CompUSA in Vegas.I laughed. Very clever.
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If you're talking about an external HardDrive disguised as a book, yes you may.
Man, I feel like the Grinch who stole Mac Product Name Speculation. Maybe a shiny new MBP would make my heart grow two sizes today.
-Clive
[Edit:] Damn. Emotion beat me to it.
I spent too much time trying to figure out what I was the Grinch of [/Edit]personally, i wouldnt go for a 12" notebook..
from previous experience, they just can't do the job.. the screen is just too small.. i know i know.. many people would kill to have 12 inches..
anyway, the 13.3" macbook is spot on for me.. if they made the mpb with that size screen and the new "rumoured" form factor (ultra slim), then yeah.. sounds like a winner..
but also, how much thinner do you want to get? mpb is already an inch thin..
from previous experience, they just can't do the job.. the screen is just too small.. i know i know.. many people would kill to have 12 inches..
anyway, the 13.3" macbook is spot on for me.. if they made the mpb with that size screen and the new "rumoured" form factor (ultra slim), then yeah.. sounds like a winner..
but also, how much thinner do you want to get? mpb is already an inch thin..
Remember that System 7.5.5 came on, like, 7 floppies? I'm pretty sure they're all still residing in my basement...
Y'know, if I wanted to, I *could* install them on my Graphite iMac DV SE... with external Floppy Disk Drive. Man... I thought I was so high-tech.
-Clive
Really? I was at Best Buy the other day and they had a whole bunch of them. Maybe they were on clearance.
You know, it really has. I was thining about buying a CD the other day because I wanted to avoid DRM protection via iTS, but instead of paying $14.99 at Best Buy, I think, I'll iTS it for $10 and burn/re-rip on a $0.05 CD.
Is that illegal, BTW?
-Clive
Really? I was at Best Buy the other day and they had a whole bunch of them. Maybe they were on clearance.
Best Buy is for people who know nothing about technology.
-Clive
At least I'll have an upgrade path for my 2005 iBook (2004 design) when it pops out of warranty in mid-2008.
I use mine while travelling as an executive-sized PDA, with MS Office & Filemaker Pro. Had to remove most of iLife (kept 'iPhoto) & AppleWorks, added iWork & Photoshop Elements, StickyBrain, and a bunch of others.
Great tool, and widescreen would be a plus.
I use mine while travelling as an executive-sized PDA, with MS Office & Filemaker Pro. Had to remove most of iLife (kept 'iPhoto) & AppleWorks, added iWork & Photoshop Elements, StickyBrain, and a bunch of others.
Great tool, and widescreen would be a plus.
ultra-thin 13" maybe...
This is great news. I have a few friends who have pondered purchasing a macbook, but felt the graphics too weak in the consumer version and the pros too big for my friends ultra-light style of portability.
I have some doubts if its going to be a 12". I can see a 13" that they might be able to use similar stuffings from the macbook for economy. All in just a thinner housing?
This is great news. I have a few friends who have pondered purchasing a macbook, but felt the graphics too weak in the consumer version and the pros too big for my friends ultra-light style of portability.
I have some doubts if its going to be a 12". I can see a 13" that they might be able to use similar stuffings
from the macbook for economy. All in just a thinner housing?
Look Clive, they already sell what I am talking about for $1099.00. I just want it in the smaller footprint. Do not see why that cannot be accomplished and 1GB for ~$1200.00! The rest of you post makes even less sense.